Again, easy but fun. I try to just have fun, this project is my nugget of joy, the one thing I take all the pressure I usually put on my shoulders OFF.

I wanted to play with the clear gesso from Finnabair (by Prima) and see the difference with the clear gesso I have always used so far, by Liquitex.
The main difference resides in the fact that the Liquitex one truly adds grit to your surface, you can see me touch the dry gesso and… it was not gritty. However, it does its purpose of making the paper porous again (because gel medium changes that) so it will soak up the pigments from my Primary Elements mica powder, activated with water.

Using what I have and playing around. I loved using the Primary Elements powders to add my color to my page and oh my goodness they are just gorgeous… gorgeous color with a shimmer to it that creates something out of this world. I wish the camera would pick it up properly so you could see. I want you to see the shimmer, not so easy to capture on camera but I hope you’ll see it:

I can’t wait to play more with this clear gesso. I really thought it would have the consistency of gel medium, even the soft kind, but no. It is on the liquidy kind but in a wide mouth jar. The main difference with the Liquitex Clear Gesso is the absence of grit to the touch. However it has the same property and therefore I can write more easily over it than with the Liquitex one. However, this makes a bigger difference than I would have thought…

This is a quick video this week. Sharing how easy it can be to make a spread in your art journal without any crazy supplies.

As I say in the video, I use my art journal as a mirror of who I am at a precise moment (the one I stop everything, step in the Studio, open the journal and do something in it).

You know I love me some new supplies to play. So when Lindy Stamp Gang released their new kind of sprays, I could let it pass. They are in the Flat Fabio line, meaning there is no shimmer in it. However, they are more opaque, so more opaque. I really love experimenting with them and I’m already impatient for new colors in this kind of sprays.

Here is the video, I hope you’ll enjoy watching my process:

Here is the supplies I used in this video (the journal is one I made myself years ago):

Life is made of bright and dark. And I made a promise to myself to never let the dark experiences and feelings take over me for too long anymore.

How do I process them ? I acknowledge, first, that yes they are here, because I learned the hard way that ignoring them only makes it worst. Then, I find a way to let them go. It sounds easier than it actually is for me, to be honest. But this is when my art journal comes as a life saver, for my sanity and for the well-being of those who live with me.